Alb-Donau District: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The caves in the valleys of the Ach and Lone rivers are associated with Ice Age art and belong to the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura”. For travellers interested in early art, this specific cultural heritage is a reason in its own right to include the Alb-Donau District in their travel plans. You can rent a holiday apartment in the Alb-Donau District.

Landscape and Nature

The Alb-Donau District encompasses a karst landscape with natural and show caves, striking rocks, blue springs, forests, meadows and riverside paths.

Culture and History

In the wider surroundings of the Alb-Donau District, Schloß Neusteußlingen, Rusenschloß Castle Ruins, Klingenstein Castle and Justingen Castle Ruins are mentioned. The approximate straight-line distances from the district centre are about 9.2 kilometres to the southwest, 5.8 kilometres to the southeast, 12.6 kilometres to the east and 8.9 kilometres to the southwest, respectively. Also mentioned in the wider surroundings are Kapellenberg, about 6.3 kilometres to the south; Schönmehl, about 9.9 kilometres to the west; Weidstetten, about 10.8 kilometres to the north; and Buch, about 11.2 kilometres to the northeast.

Geographical Location

The Alb-Donau District lies between the mountain ranges of the Swabian Jura and the Danube Valley, in the wider area around Ulm.

Getting Around the Alb-Donau District

Several Ice Age Trails lead as circular hikes along natural paths and combine geological with archaeological highlights.

The Alb-Donau District is part of the UNESCO Global Geopark Swabian Jura and the UNESCO Swabian Jura Biosphere Reserve.

The Ice Age cave landscape preserves traces of human activity dating back up to 40,000 years, including ancient works of art and musical instruments.

The Lone Valley Trail includes sections between Amstetten, Bernstadt and Lindenau and follows geological and human-history themes connected with the UNESCO Geopark and the World Heritage Site.

A 67-kilometre road cycling route runs from Münsingen into the Alb-Donau District, follows the Schmiech to Blaubeuren and crosses the hilly Swabian Jura landscape.

For accommodation searches, the district can be explored through individual town pages. These include Allmendingen, Asselfingen, Ballendorf, Berghülen, Blaustein, Börslingen, Breitingen, Dietenheim and Dornstadt.

Further town pages lead to Ehingen, Emerkingen, Erbach, Griesingen, Heroldstatt, Holzkirch, Illerrieden, Kirchen, Laichingen and Langenau.

Lonsee, Merklingen, Munderkingen, Neenstetten, Nellingen, Nerenstetten, Obermarchtal, Öllingen, Öpfingen and Rammingen can also be accessed for further town selection.

The overview is completed by Rottenacker, Schelklingen, Setzingen, Staig, Weidenstetten and Westerheim.

To the higher-level travel overview: Baden-Württemberg.